Thill-support.



PATENTED MAY 14, 1907. J. W. SHERWOOD. 1

' THILL SUPPORT.-

APPLIOATION FILED APR.11,1 906.

Inventor.

Josiah W. Sherwood \Nltnesbes Attorney.

.bolt, and, third, to so construct the body of A theclip that it may be securely attached to TINTTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSIAH W. SHERWOOD, OF GREEN LAKE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- I-IALF TO ELIZA S. SHERWOOD, OF GREEN LAKE, MICHIGAN.

THlLL-SUPPORT.

N 0. 853,904. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 11,1906. Serial No. 311.201.

Patented May 14, 1907.

T0 0/ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSIAH W. SHERWOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Green Lake, in the county of Allegan and State of Michigan, have-,inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Thill-Supports, of ,which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to and consists of a combined thill support, anti-rattler and thill clip, and its objectsare: first, to provide an effectual and easily adjusted thill support and anti-rattler having dust tight joints to avert the danger of dust coming in contact with the working parts; second, to provide against the danger of accidently unscrewing the retaining nut represents the portion of the support that is attached to the thill, and is, also, a cup shaped support having, within it, a s ring latch B secured at one end, as at b, so that its free end will engage the corrugations B in the other cup when the cups are in position to form the complete support.

With the cups connected in the relative ositions shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and more fully illustrated in Fig. 4, the latch is suspended in the space, in the cup, numbered 4, and to allow the portion B to assume the proper position for securing the thills to the horse, while with the parts in the position shown in Fig. '6, with the arms a elevated, the latch is understood to engage the corrugation 1, 2 or 3 and to support the thill inclining upward for holding it out of the way when in a stable and not in use.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the preferable form of bolt for use in my support, in which O is a cylindrical body designed to ass through the hub c and into the hub 6 ar enough to form a reliable bearing to unite with the overlapping edges at a to form a strong, positive pivotal jointfor the support, the head, O of the bolt being countersunk into the side of the bearing to increase the strength of the bearing and joint, though'I do not desire to restrict myself to this form of head any form of bolt head may be equally available for the purpose of securely connecting the arts.

The portion 0 of the from the pivotal the aXletree of the buggy or cutter. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of my support that is secured to the axletree, and showing the aXletree in section; Fig. 2 is a like view of the portion of the support that is attached to the thill; Fig. 3 is a plan of the pivotal bolt; Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the support substantially upon the line 00 as of Figs. 1; and 2; Fig. 5 is a sectional plan of the same on the line y j/ of Fig. 2, and of the nut, and showing the bolt and nut in place, and Fig. 6 is an elevation of the support complete, with the thill attachment raised to a position desirable when storing a buggy.

' Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is the portion of the support that is secured to the axletree of the buggy, and it consists of the cup shaped receptacle A, having within it a series of teeth or corrugations marked B, 1, 2, 3,-designed to receive the spring latch B and for the purpose hereinafter more fully explained. This cup is integral with the portion a that projects back to form two sides of the bearing upon the metal portion D of the aXletree D D. The clip E is so formed that it will encircle the wood portion D of the aXletree and form the third side bearing with the portion D of the axletree, the other arm of the clip being arranged to pass through the body 0/ of the support, all as shown in Figs. 1 and 6.

thread on the bolt O is designed to receive the nut O while the or tion O is designed to screw through the ub 0, thus, with the hub e and the nut, forming a lock nut joint to avert the danger of the arts becoming disconnected or unduly oosened with use. The interlocking edges at a, form not only a strong pivotal bearing for su porting the draft upon the thills, but a per ectly dust tight joint to prevent dust from permeating the wearing portions of the 'oint. 1 While the action of the latchB when engaging or leaving the corrugations must be sufficiently liable to allow of the free motion of the thil s, it must be sufficiently rigid to easily hold the thills to place when the arm a is raised to the position indicated in 1 Fig. 6. i

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as neW and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a thill support, a cup, a clip for securing said cup to the aXletree and corrugations Within the cup; a second cup interlocking With said cup and having an arm for securing it to the thill, and a spring catch Within the second cup in position to in terlock With the corrugations in the first cup, and a pivotal bolt securing the cups together, substantially as and for the forth.

Of a buggy, i

purpose set 2. In a thill support, a cup having corruigations Within it, a cup having a spring latch in position to engage the corrugations f in said cup, the meeting edges of said cups having interlocking projections, and a central pivotal bolt, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. Y Signed at Grand Rapids Michigan April 4 1906.

J OSIAH W'. SHERWOOD. ,In presence of CECIL C. (JILLEY, ITHIEL J. UILLEY. 

